The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-01
THE YANKEE BEATS.
A Fast Race in Half a Gale
Of Wind.
BULLY FOR THE VOLUNTEER
The Winner Comes In at 4 24.lO
o'clock and the Thistle at
4.34. 1O-Notes
Tho Race.

It is raining heavily.-eThe wind is
twenty miles an hour, and stifening
rapidly. A dense fog shuts off the view
of the water, but there is some chance
of it lifting.
1912 a.m.-The preparatory gun was
fred at 032 The yachts are now
maneuvering for start. The wind Is
fifteen miles east; the fog is lifting a
trife.
The Yachts crossed the line about
IO48. The haze prevents close observa
ton, but the Volunteer seemed to have
a slight adj They are going very
close hauled with booms to part.
11.5O a.m.-The yachts are out of
sight. When last seen they were head
ing east nor theast, and going very
rapidly, with the gap widening little
in favor of the Yankee. The wind still
holds east and blows steady, about
twenty to twenty-five miles an hour.
The Volunteer, after the start. beat to
windWard in great style, and through
the drifting fog could be seen gaining
on the Scotch cutter. Ten minutes
after the start she was well to wind
ward, and was pulling away from the
Thistle. The wind was from east-north-
east, and blowing twenty four miles an
hour.
New YoRK, September 80 THE great
rain and fog this morning had the
effect of almost entirely driving away
the crowds from the excursion steam
ers that were to accompany the yachts
Thistle and VO,Wnteer on the second race
of the series for the AmericG's cup.
There was no spot on dry land from
which the course of the yachts could be
watched. They were to go twenty
miles straight out to sea and return.
An Associated Press tug followed the
racers, and had on board plentiful
supply of carrier pigeons. Unlike the
day of the first race, few boats were in
sight, and the prospect of interference
from that source was reduced to mini
mum. When the yachts crossed the
starting line, the Thistle was seen
to windWard. Both racers were
heading east-northeast, sailing on a
course laid towards Far Rockaway, and
the Volunteer was approaching the
Scotchman. They we're about 500 yards
apart.
LONG BRANCH, September 30-12.45.-
Both yachts are standing south and the
Volunteer is ahead.
12.52.-The yachts are now about one
mile south of the turning stake and the
Volunteer leads by over mile.
NEw YORK, September 30.-At LIS
the Volunteer turned the stake boat.
She appeared to take the swell with
better grace than the Thistle, the latter
continuously burying her bows.
LONG BEACH, September 30.-I.4O.-
The Volunteer Is two miles ahead.
SANDY HOOK, September 30.-145.-
The ocean is covered with white caps
and it is blowing half a gale. Pilot
boats are. sCuddlng about under double
reef. The wind is now thirty miles an
hour and increasing. If it blows much
heaVi-r the racers will have to house
their topmasts. 1t will he a fast race
and the finish line may be reached be-
fore pm.
SANDY Hook, Sept mber 80, 8 pm.
The Thistle turned the stake boat at
2.42, seventeen minutes after the VoEun
.teer. The wind has fallen to twenty
miles an hour.
m.-The Volunteer is four miles
from the finishing line. The Thistle is
two miles astern.
LONG BEACH, September 30, 3,48 pm.
The VoLuntesr leads by two miles, but
the Thistle is gaining.
SANDY HOOK, September so. - The
V0L1tnteer won, finishing at 4.24 10. The
din of whistles and the booming of guns
continued for fully FIVE minutes. The
Thistle finished at4 $40.
The second attempt to sail the second
race in the two out-Of-three match for
the america S cup was accomplished to-
day, under circumstances that COM
PEELED the most ultra-Britisher to say
that the cutter Thistle was beaten fairly
and soundly. The first victory of the
Volunteer was not thoroughly admitted
by the foreigne rs. The latter allowed
hoE .nc1aa
fair in itself, and they declared that
crowding the steamboat lent assistance |
toward defeating the Thistle.
The day did not open propitiously. |
The same ole storm that had been hang |
ing about for TWO days was still linger-
ing, and the bank of fog that showed |
yesterday was still under the skies.
When the boats got below Sandy Hook,
they found right lively breeze. Ex-
cursion boats came down to the num-
Der of twenty-five, and they, together
with the steam yachts and tugs with
priIa ate parties aooard, swelled the num-
Der to fifty. Every one of the $500
spectators saw as square race as was
ever sailed in any water. The contest
ants were at the point OF starting in
good season, as was the Electra, the
flagship of the New York Yacht Club,
with the committee of judges on board
1t was precisely 1880 when the pre-
Paratory signal was given. That was
the time stated in the circular formerly
issued By the committee, some days
ago. At that time the excursion boats
and steam yachts had gathered about
the line formed from the Electra, at the
Scotland lightship, and made q gala
day picture. At 10.40 the gun to start
was fred At that moment the Thistle
;4su UjGiLtecr were southeast OF the
line, not 200 yards apart. each working
gradually to the line. The Thistle was
nearer aud went awav on her
trip nearly four lengths ahead
of The Volunteer. The yachts
started Us follows: Thistle, 10.4O2I:
T1iVnteer, 1910 500. They went over
on the starboard tack, and the Folu,-
teer at once began to outpoint and out
foot her opponent. The course was
for twenty miles 10